- His ability to grow facial hair is both a gift and a curse. He has been stopped in the street and complimented on his beard -something that occurred often during the three years he sported a beard for Fight the Panda Syndicate. When he wore a ponytail during that time, his appearance was compared to Mick Fleetwood, Jesus and Charles Manson - a mixed bag to say the least.
- He looks at his childhood as basically a very happy time with lots of love. But his mother's 30+ year health struggle was always a lingering subtext - which at times caused great familial pain.
- Christopher is a blend of German/English and Irish on one side and Brazilian on the other.
- Credits the original Star Wars Trilogy as the beginning of a life-long love of cinema and his favorite childhood films.Others are Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Fletch, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Batman, Predator, Total Recall, Robocop, Spaceballs, The Legend of Billy Jean, Terminator 2 and many more.
- His favorite filmmakers (and his favorite film(s) from them) are: Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Christopher Nolan (Inception), Steven Spielberg (Original Indiana Jones Trilogy), Michael Mann (Heat), Barry Levinson (Diner), Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill), David Cronenberg (Videodrome/The Fly), David Fincher (Se7en/Fight Club), and David Lynch (Eraserhead/Blue Velvet).
- Seinfeld is his favorite sitcom of all time.
- When taking on a new character, Christopher looks for the ways this new person can be different from himself and fleshes out the role by first finding the physicality or appearance which usually then informs the voice, cadence and other aspects of the character. In most instances, once a certain "look" is established, it is as if a switch was turned on and going forward the character bursts to life.
- Christopher was instrumental in recommending actress Celeste Moratti for a pivotal role in Sean Roberts' film Traffickers, after working with her in Fight the Panda Syndicate. Knowing Moratti's broad range and believability, Christopher knew she would be perfect for the role of driven Detective Dobkins in Roberts' gritty crime thriller.
- Christopher once worked as a bartender at the Sheraton Crossroads hotel in Mahwah, NJ, which served as the site for several interior and exterior locations for the film Fight the Panda Syndicate.
- Christopher cites Paul Giamatti, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Michael Keaton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Sam Rockwell, Nicolas Cage and James Woods as some of his favorite actors.
- Christopher once interned for a semester at Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2002 back when Conan was at NBC.
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